Flares throughout the solar atmosphere

Project Information

FLARES

Grant agreement ID: 628136

Project closed

Start date 15 May 2014

End date 14 May 2016

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 199 317,60

EU contribution € 199 317,60

Coordinated by

FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW
Switzerland

Objective

Solar flares are sudden, explosive releases of the magnetic energy stored in the Sun. They often affect a wide range of solar regions: the corona, the chromosphere, and the photosphere, influencing their temperatures, densities, and magnetic fields. Space weather and thus its influence on the Earth is largely driven by flares, but their prediction and detailed mechanisms throughout the solar atmosphere are still unclear. The overall goal of this project is to understand the connections and interplay of different solar layers during flares. I propose to investigate the flare mechanisms with state-of-the-art methods by combining data from RHESSI, IBIS, Hinode, IRIS, and SDO. The combination of these data allows us to study the three-dimensional structure of the solar magnetic field and the free energy stored in the corona to estimate the potential for flares. This has rarely been attempted in the past because these different telescopes and spacecraft, observing methods, and analysis techniques require the combined expertise of different fields of heliophysics. With the applicant's strong background in polarimetry and the host institute's fundamental expertise with high-energy observations, I expect to derive a three-dimensional picture of flares, which will significantly improve our capabilities for space weather forecasting.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › astronautical engineering › spacecraft
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › galactic astronomy › solar physics

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Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF - Marie Curie Action: "International Incoming Fellowships"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IIF - International Incoming Fellowships (IIF)

Coordinator

FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW

• EU contribution: € 199 317,60
• Address: BAHNHOFSTRASSE 6 ; 5210 Windisch ; Switzerland
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Nordwestschweiz › Aargau
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Total cost: No data